Voters sound off on Election Day nightmare

For the first time since the disastrous Election Day in Rio Rancho, angry voters got the chance to sound off at Thursday night's Sandoval County commission meeting.

Voters told horror stories of hours-long lines, people leaving frustrated when the election was called before they voted and machines malfunctioning. One man called it a nightmare.

"This debacle in Rio Rancho is an atrocity that is so egregious that something needs to be done to fix it now," voter David Baldwin said.

Commissioner Don Chapman said he was ashamed at how it all turned out, and he believes it is partly due to the fact that the commission passed a resolution to consolidate precincts and create convenience centers.

The presidential election was the first time Sandoval County used convenience centers. Chapman said he will make a motion for a future meeting to repeal that resolution.

The convenience centers weren't so much of an issue for the chairman, who ended the meeting with a bombshell. He said the secretary of state requested more funding and more voting machines in New Mexico back in June, and the state board of finance tabled the request.

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